Afghanistan, Aug. 4 -- Tajikistan recorded ten armed clashes with Afghanistan drug traffickers this year, mostly near Badakhshan. Over three tons of narcotics were seized amid rising cross-border tensions.
Tajikistan authorities have reported ten armed confrontations with drug traffickers along the Afghanistan border during the first half of this year, marking a significant increase compared to the same period last year.
According to Tajik media on Monday, August 4, Zafar Samad, head of the country's Drug Control Agency, stated that most of these incidents occurred near Afghanistan's Badakhshan province. In the most recent clash, four Afghanistan nationals were killed.
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